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Stack #4664240
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mono-, uni- | One: Mononucleosis |
| Bi | Two: Bilateral |
| Tri | Three: Triceps |
| Ab | Away: Abnormal |
| Ad | Toward: Autonomic Dysreflexia |
| Ecto-, Exo- | Outside: Ectoderm |
| Endo | Inside: Endocrine |
| Epi | Upon: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency |
| Anterior or Ventral | Front: The ventral is in front of the stomach |
| Posterior or Dorsal | Back: The dorsal fin is on the posterior |
| Superior | Above: The brain is superior to the spinal cord |
| Inferior | Below: The feet are inferior to the knees |
| Lateral | Out to the side: The thumb is on the lateral side of the hand |
| Distal | Farther away from the center: Hand is distal to the shoulder |
| Proximal | Closer to the center: The knee is proximal to the ankle |
| Ambi | Both sides: Ambidextrous |
| Dys | Abnormal: Dysphagia |
| Eu | Healthy: Euphoria |
| Homo | Same: Homozygous |
| Iso | Equal: Isotonic |
| Mal | Bad: Median Arcuate Ligament syndrome |
| Algia | Pain: Nueralgia |
| Emia | Blood condition: Anemia |
| Itis | Inflammation: Bronchitis |
| lysis | Destruction, breakdown or separation the cells: neurolysis |
| Oid | Resembling: Sigmoid |
| Opathy | Disease, disorder: myopathy |
| Pnea | Breath, breathing: apnea |
| Opexy | Surgical fixation of an organ into it's correct position |
| Centesis | Surgical procedure: Arthrocentsis |
| Ectomy | Surgical removal: Hysterectomy |
| ostomy | Removing a bodily sample: colostomy |
| orrhaphy | Suturing a specific body part: herniorrhaphy |
| oplasty | Surgical repair or reshaping of a body part, tissue or organ: rhinoplasty |
| Otripsy | The crushing, rubbing or breaking up tissue using shock waves: lithortripsy |